Separator



March 30 1926, E. O.YBRANING,TON

SEPARATOR f Filed Feb. 15 1924 IN VEN TOR.

Edwin afijanz'n for; I BY 4% 7 Armenia Patented Mar. 30, 1926.

UNITEDYSTATES EDWIN 0. imnirme romornoorrnsrnn, NEW YORK, ASS iGNOR orLona-Han? TO i oscan A. PETERS, F nocnnsrnn, NEW YORK.

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Application fiIed FebruaIYlS, 1924. Sarah 1%. 693,141.

To all whom it may comm;

Be: it. known that L'EDWI T N, a citizen of the ,United States ofAmerica, and a resident of- Rochester, in the vcounty of Monroe andState of New,York,

have invented a new and Improved Separator', of which the follow ing isa specification. 7 u

n The present invention relatesto separators for use withfluidcontainers an object of the'lnvention being to provide a device ofthis character'having a collapsible, part in- ,s'e'rtable through theneck'of a filled container without agitating the fluid and 'which,

through a connection operablefrom the exterior of the container, isopened to-forin a separator or partition plate between the two parts ofthe fluid to be separated, that is,

'Whenone part is a cream or scum which 'risesto the [surface of theother part.

The invention relates 'morepart-icularly to cream separators and theembodiment there of herein shown and describedi's intended for use with.milk bot tles such as arej no'w '1 commonly employed by dealers in thedistribution-of milk for household use, another;

object of the invention being to provide a device readily attachable,fto a bottle and having a collapsible part insertable through thebottle neck which part, when opened,

forms a separator plate at substantially the dividing line between the"milk and the cream and permits the creambeing poured off withoutdisturbing ithe-#milkfthis separator plate having an area substantiallythat of the' bottle in theplanein which the plate lies 'and which maybe" greater than the mouth of'the bottle. v

A further object of'th e invention is to provide adevice. havingafsep'arator plate formed of a plurality of hingedly connected Isections which are foldable and otherwise angularly movable so as to beinserted edgewise through the neck of the bottle and. having aconnecting means operable from the" exterior ofjthe bottle 'anddetachably supported. onv therim at the mouth thereof whereby such platesections are caused to move into a common plane transversely of .thebottle and thus form a" partition atthe And, a still further object ofthe inventionis to provide a separator ofthe char acter described forhousehold use that is of s mple, inexpensiveand sanitary construe .outas in Fig. 2..

v tion, consisting of but few parts, and which 0. BRANINGH.

is readily attached and removed from a milk I bottle. e

To these and other ends the invention con- 'sists of certain parts andoombinations of parts as will be fully set'forth in the followingdescription andparticularly defined Fig.2i's a yiew similar to l butwith" I the plate sections opened to operative. position. i .e

Fig. 3- is a side view of the lower portion of the separator as'seen inFig. 1'.

Fig. 4 is aviewsimilar to Fig. 3 of the separator but with the platesections opened Fig. 5 is a top view of the separator plate in openposition.

And, Fig. .6 is-anenla rged-sectional detail of the. operating. rod andguide therefor taken onthe line 6 6, Fig. 4:

, Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout. theseveral "views.

In the drawingsthe innneral' lrepresents afluid containerwhich in thisinstance,-is a milk bottle formed with a. neck 2, arcinforcing bead 3around it'slinout'h and a seat 4:-

for. the usual paper closure capy'not shown;

In bottles ofthis type, {iflthe milk be of standard grade; the dividingline betweenmilk and cream issubstantially as indicated at 'my, Fig. 2,the inner diameter of the bottle at 'thisline being greater than that ofthe neck 2, and, this invention provides a separator-whereby; thecreammay be poured off" and the milk retainedgin the bottle, the deviceeom'prising a 'foldahle separator plate whicl1,1when'openedliessubstantially in the attachableto the bottle rim 3. v i Theseparator'plate is circular and formed plan of the'line ace-y; anoperating'rod a guide forthe rod and a support for the guide side edges.of the center'section, this center section being" provided at its centerwith an upstanding bifurcated lug8 wh1le on each I to the lug 8, isanear 9.

segmental section 6, off center with respect Having pivotal connectionat lug 8 is .thelower end of anoperating rodll which is. guided. foraxial movment; in the perforated-laterally turned ends 12 and 13 of aguide bar, the body portion let of which is bowed inwardly to engage theflattened surface 15 of the operating rod, thus acting as a brake ordrag to prevent too free a movement'of the rodandalsoholdmg the rod Yagainst rotation. The rod 11 at its outer end her'which, in thisinstance, is a strip of is provided with any suitable finger-engag' mgknob16, "and the end port-ion 12 ofthe guide bar is secured in anypreferred manner, as by solder, to the bar supporting'n' emspringnietall? having its ends bent to form springQclips 18 which yieldinglyengage over the rim at the mouth of 'the bottle, this strip 17 extendingacross'the mouth ofthe' bottleand being ofsuch width as'not to interferewith pouring off of the cream.

an opening and closing of the plate sections are-"links19 which, in thisinstance, are wires having loop connection at their upper ends with thebody portion 14 of the guide bar and at their, lowerends similarconnection with [the ears 9;, on the segmentalsections 6,

, these links, when the, plate is opened, extending in rear of thepivotal connection 10 and preferably-at {substantially forty-fivedegrees-to the planeof the plate, while the lug 8, when the plate isopened, abuts the under side of the laterally extending 'guidevportion13 and has a flat engaging surface 20 so as to hold the plate, atrightangles to the rod When using theidevice, it is inserted into.

the neck 20f the bottle with-the separator plate in'co llapsed orfoldedcondition, as in- V dicated in Figs 1 and-3, and the spring clips/ ofthe supporting strip 17 sprung over the rim 3. The rod ll'is then drawnoutwardlyby engaging the finger piece 16 and'during V i this movementthe plate member is carried upwardly or outwardly and, at the same timedue to the resultant swing rearwardly of the links 19, is caused to turnabout the axis 10 c to lie in a plane atright anglesfto the rod 11 atthe time the surface 20 of the stop lug 8 engages the guide part 18,while the simultaneous outward swing of thelinks19 causes the segmentalsections '6 to turn about their hinge connections 7 andlie in the-planeof the center plate section 5.

In order toremove the separator fromthe bottle, andb-efore disengagementof the clip members 18,,the rod '11 is moved inwardly, thus causing thelinks 19 to swing forwardly and inwardly which eifects a relativemovementof the segmental plate sections 6 and theicenter section 5 tooccupy the folded po sition with the center section 5 lying sub sidesections 6 folded inwardly 10 with the 15A device of the characterAssociated'with therod ll-for efiecting' stantially parallel with therod11 and the at right angles to the center section. I c

,V-Fromthe foregoing it' is believed that the construction and manner ofusing the separator have been made sufliciently clear to call fornofurther explanation. ,lVhat I claim is described comprising, incombination, ja'foldable sepa- -rator plate formed of vthree hingedlycon 'nected' sections, an operating'rod hav ng pivotal connection withthe center one arena, sections, a guide on which said operating rod isaxially inovable,'a' support forsaid'guide, and links connected to theother of said sections and to saidguide, said 'links' being i the meansfor efiecting turning of theceiiter section'about its pivotal connectionand swinging of the side section's about their hinged connections onaxial movement of the operating rod. 1 l 3 g 2. A device of thecharacter described comprising,in combination, "a foldable circularseparatorplate formed of afcenter secs connected to the center sectiomanoperating rod having pivotal connection with the cen-f ter section, a'gnide'on whichsaidoperating means is axiallymovable,-'a;-supportforsaid guide, and-linksconnected to said side sections and said guide,sai'dbeing' the' means for turning the center section about its pivotalconnection and swingingfof the side sections about their hingedconnections, on movement of the operating rod? a r '3. A device of"theycharacter described tion and segmental side sectionsfhingedlyconnected to the center section,anftiperat. ing rod having pivotalconnection with the center section, a 'guide on whichsfaid eoperf saidguide, and links connected to saidside' comprising, in fcombinatiom afoldablecifil cular separator plate formed of a center sec .ating, rodis axiallymovable,-a support for sections and said guide, the linkconnections *with the side sections being off center with respect to thepivotal connection of. said connections between said sidensejctions andsaid guide for effecting on ont'ward" movement of. said rodaturnmg ofthe center sec; tion; about its pivotal connection and .a

swinging of the side sections intothe plane iso at I tion and segmentalside sections hinged'l'y' ter section of the center section, andcooperating means on the center section and the guide forf for extendingacross the mouth of a milk bottle, spring clips on said strip forengagmg over nm on sald bottle, a'guide bar secured to said strlp forextending into the v neck'of the bottle an operating rod longitudinallymovable on said guide bar, a separator plate formed of a center sectionand segmental side sections hingedly connected to the centensection,such centersection having pivotal connection with the inner end of saidrod, and links connecting said side sections with said guide bar, forthe purpose setforth.

6. The 'comblnation, 1n a device of the and outward movement of thebottle, spring clips on strip "for engaging over a':rim on said bottle,aguide bar secured to saidstrip for extending into the bottleandfcomprisingan' inwardly curved body portion and perforated laterallyex 7 tending endportions, an operating rod 310' ially movable in saidlaterally extending portions, and havingia flattened surface in contactwith said curved guide portion5 a separator plate formed ofcenter'section and segmental side sections hingedly 0on nectedto thecenter section, such center sectionhavmg'plvotal connection withthef;1n-

ner, end ofsaid rod, and links connecting said side sections with saidguide bar, said I inner lateral portion of the guide-barand said centerplate section co-operating to limit outward movement of said rod, whenthe plate sections have been moved too'perative position. l

character described, of a supporting strip nwns o. BRANiNeToN.

